ST. LOUIS – A woman alleges exposure to asbestos at various employment locations in South Carolina caused her develop lung cancer.
June Hollinger filed a complaint on Nov. 8 in the St. Louis 22nd Judicial Circuit Court against FMC Corp., General Electric Co., et al. alleging strict liability and other counts.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that at various times during her employment and during her childhood through her parents' clothes in South Carolina, she was exposed to and inhaled or ingested asbestos fibers emanating from certain products manufactured, sold, distributed or installed by defendants. She alleges that on or about June 24, 2016, she first became aware that she developed lung cancer, an asbestos-induced disease, and that the disease was wrongfully caused.
The plaintiff holds FMC Corp., General Electric Co., et al. responsible because the defendants allegedly intentionally included asbestos fibers in their products when they knew that it had toxic, poisonous and highly deleterious effect to human health and failed to provide adequate warnings and instructions concerning the dangers of working with or around products containing asbestos fibers.
The plaintiff seeks actual and compensatory damages of more than $50,000, plus interest, costs and all further relief as the court deems just and equitable. She is represented by Benjamin R. Schmickle and Matthew C. Morris of SWMW Law LLC in St. Louis.
St. Louis 22nd Judicial Circuit Court case number 1822-CC11603